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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mëxe

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Uralic

Etymology

An etymology that has not received wide acceptance is put forth by Koivulehto (2009) that the word is possibly an old loanword from an Indo-Iranian language, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“big, great”) (presumably in the sense of “greatness, expanse”)[1] (compare specifically Sanskrit मही (mahī́, “earth”), Proto-Celtic *magos (“plain, field”)). This etymology is rejected by Holopainen (2019).[2]

Noun

*mëxe

  1. earth, land
    Synonym: *muďa

Descendants
  • Samoyedic:
    • Nganasan: моу
    • Selkup:
      • Northern Selkup: -мо (-mo) in минырмо̄ (minyrmō)
      • Southern Selkup:
        • Narym: -мо in ӱ̄дэрмо
        • Upper Ob: -ма in карама
  • Ugric:
    •  ? Khanty: *meɣ
      • Eastern Khanty: мәг (məg)
      • Northern Khanty: мўв (mŭw), мув (muw)
    • Mansi: *mëë
      • Northern Mansi: ма̄ (mā)
      • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (mɛ̮̄)
      • Eastern Mansi: мы (my)
  • Proto-Permic: *mu (see there for further descendants)
  • Mari:
    • ⇒ Eastern Mari: мла́нде (mlánde), мӱнӧ (münö, “down, below”)
    • ⇒ Western Mari: мӱланды (mülandy)
  • Mordvin:
  • Proto-Finnic: *maa (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  1. Koivulehto, Jorma. 2009. "Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 92, pp. 79–102.
  2. Holopainen, Sampsa. 2019. Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic : Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion. . pp. 138–139.
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